adjective
humorous
HYOO-mur-us/ˈhjuːmərəs/
Funny or intended to cause amusement.
The dog's crooked oversized hat creates a humorous sight for its laughing owner.
Etymology
Originally describing bodily humors, humorous came to describe moods and fancies because those fluids were believed to govern temperament. The sense “whimsical, full of fancies” preceded its modern meaning “funny.”
In context
everybody would laugh over the excessively humorous idea of poor, scrawny little Doss getting fat.
More examples
- He opens the speech with a humorous remark.
- The essay takes a humorous look at everyday frustrations.
- She means the comment to be humorous, but nobody laughs.
Forms
humorous · more humorous · most humorous
humor noun — The quality of being funny or amusing.
humorously adverb — In a funny or amusing way.